Exploring the antipathy of nursing staff who work within secure healthcare facilities across the United Kingdom to young people who self-harm

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Dickinson, Tommy ^a   Hurley, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Children; Forensic nursing; Harm minimization; Prison nursing; Self harm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC NURSING; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PREJUDICE; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83855164162     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05745.x     Document Type: Article

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